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The fifth Tort grows naturally in the fouth of France 1 near Penryn. Tliis hath a perennial root, from which 

 and Italy ; this hath a perennial root, fending out ma- | arife many branching italks near two feet high, gar- 



nifhed with very narrow leaves growing in cluUers 



ny ftalks -, thofe of them which fupport the Howers are 

 crcft, and near three feet high, but the other ftalks 

 are weaker, and hang loofely on every fide the planes ; 

 thefe arc garniftied with long, narrow, fpear-lhaped 

 leaves placed fparfedly ; they are fmooth, and ot a 

 gray colour. The ftalks arc terminated by long 

 loole fpikes of blue flowers, which appear in June, 

 July, and Auguft, and the feeds ripen in the autumn,^ 

 which, if permitted to fcatter, will produce plenty of 

 young plants without any further care. 

 The fixth fort grows naturally about Henley in Ox- 

 fordftiire, and alfo in fome parts of Hertfordftiire. 

 This hath a perennial root, from which arife feveral 

 ftalks near two feet high, which. branch out on every 

 fide, and are garniftied with narrow leaves growing 

 in clufters toward the bottom, but upward they are 

 fometimes by pairs, and at others fingle. The flowers 

 are produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the ftalks j 

 they are of a pale blue colour, which appear in June 

 and July, and the feeds ripen in the aurumn ; which, 

 if permitted to fcatter, will produce plenty of plants. 

 When the feeds happen to fall upon old walls, the 

 plants will grow there and continue longer than thofe 



planted in the ground. 



I received a fpecimenofthis fort from abroad, by the 



title of Linaria arvenfis c^erulea. C. B. P. 

 ..The feventh fort grows naturally in Sicily ; this is an 

 annual plant, from whofe root arifes many ftalks 

 \vhich are very flender and about a foot high, which 

 on their lower part are garniflied with five very nar- 

 row leaves at each joint, but upward they are fome- 

 times by pairs, and at others they are fingle : the ftalks 

 are divided into many fmall branches, which are gar- 



.' nifiied with fmall yellow flowei"s, coming "oiirfingle 

 at diftances from each other ; thefe are ftiaped like 

 thofe of the other fpecies, 'The flowers appear in Ju- 

 ly, and the^ feeds ripen m the autumn. "* There are 



^ two varieties of this^ one with a deep yellow, and the 



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^'. other a fulphur-coMured flowed 



' This is propagated by feeds In tTie fame manner as 



r the fecond fort > if the feeds are permitted to fcatter, 

 .:^". the plants wilf come up without care, and if they are 

 r/I^ept clea'ti** from weeds, will produce their flowers 



. .'early in thefummer.; _ ;\ ' ' '^i' -^ . ; 



The eighth fort grows naturally on the rocks about 



Gibraltar, from whence the late Sir Charles Wagei* 



brought the feeds, which were fown in his curious 



garden at Parfon's Green near Fulham, where tlaey 



fucceedcd, and from tbence many curious gardens 



'. were furnifhed with the plants. This has a perennial 



..root, from which come out many flender fucculent 



. -^ftalks about eight or nine inches long, which are weak 



. and hang down on every fide the root ; they are gar- 



niflied with ftiort, narrow, fpear-fliaped leaves, of a 



gray colour, and fucculent, ftanding without order ; 



they are about one inch long, and a fifth part of an 



■ inch broad. The flowers are produced at the end of 



, the ftalks in fmall bunches ; they are yellow, marked 



'^with purple ftripes, and the chaps of the flower, as 



. ; alfo the fpur, are of "a dark purple colour -, the flowers 



fit clofe upon the top of the ftalk." They appear in 



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'....^This plant is eafily propagated by planting cuttings 



-vv Jn any of the fummer months, which, if watered and 



V.^:'-ftaded, will foon take root, and may be afterwards 



*-T,'i,planted in pots, filled with frefti, light, Undunged 



\ ^e^rth, in which they will fucceed much better than in a 



.^: . richer foil ; for if they are planted in a fine rich earth, 



it, caufes them to grow very faft for a fliort time, but 



.* they feldom fail to rot foon after. Thefe muft be re- 



^*C nioved into flielter in winter, where they muft have 



. ,^^,as iTiuch free air as pofllble in mild weather, and be 



only protefted from fevere cold ; fo that if the pots 



■ . are placed under a hot-bed frame, the plants will 



fucceed better than in a green-houfe, where they 



are apt to draw too much, which will caufe them to 



decay. 



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are of 



which are of a grayifli colour. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in loofe fpikes at the end of t!ic branches •, the/ 

 f a pale blue colour, and fmcU fwccc. ThcfcaM. 

 pear in June, and there is often a fucceflion of flowers 

 on the plants till winter. The feeds ripen in the au- 

 tumn, which, if permitted to fcatter, will furnilh a 

 fupply of young plants without any furtlicr care. If 

 the feeds of this fort get on a wall, the plants will conic 

 up, and continue there a much longer time than wlicn 

 they are planted in the ground. 

 The tenth fort grows naturally in Spain ; the feeds of 

 it were fent me by Dr. Hortega from Madrid. This 

 is an annual plant, which riles with a fingle ftalk 

 about a foot and a half high, garniflied with hairy 

 fpear-ftiaped leaves, fitting clofe to the ftalk, which 

 are placed alternate. The flowers grow on the top 

 of the ftalks in loofe fpikes ; they are of a pale yel- 

 low colour, with a few dark ftripes, and the chaps are 

 of a gold colour -, the upper fegmenr of the empale- 



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this fort are as large as thofe of the common fort- 

 they appear in July, and the feeds will in warm fca- 

 ' fons ripen in autumn in England. 

 The feeds of this fort fliould be fown in the fpring, 

 upon a border of light earth where the plants are de- 

 figned to remain ; and when the plants come up, 

 they muft be treated in the fame way as thofe of the 

 fecond fort. 



The eleventh fort grows naturally in France j this is 



an annual plant, having round leaves at the root ; the 



ftalks are flender, branchinp:, and rile a foot hi^h. 



'garniftied with very narrow leaves at each joint. The 



, flowers'Ure'produced in loofe fpikes at the end of the 



branches ; they are of a bright blue colour, and ap-^ 



.*. .pear jn July ; the feeds ripen in the autumn, at which' 



'*:time'^tney ftiould be fown ; for thote which are fown 



in' the fpring frequently lie m' the ground till the 



fpring following, before the plants appear. When 



the plants come up, they muft be thinned where they 



'are too clofe, and kept clean from weeds, which is 



all the cultufe'they require.' 



'The twelfth fort grows naturally in Sicily •, this is an 

 annual plant, which rifes with a branching ftalk two 

 feet high, garniflied with very narrow fpear-lhaped 

 leaves placed alternately. The flowers are produced 

 fingly all along the branches the greateft part of their 

 length; they are fmall, white, ^nd have Very long 

 tails or fpurs. - This flowers in July, and the feeds 

 ripen in the autumn. If the feeds of this fort are 

 permitted to fcatter, the plants will come up and 

 fucceed better than if fown with care, and require no 

 other culture but to keep them clean from weeds. 

 The thirteenth fort grows naturally in Crete, and alfo 

 ' in Dalmatia. = This rifes with a ftrong ligneous ftalk 

 three feet high, garniflied with fmooth fpear-lhaped 

 ' leaves "placed alternate, fitting clofe to the ftalk. The 

 flowers are produced at the end of the branches in 

 .^ ftiort loofe ipike§ ; they are of a deep yellow colour, 

 and much larger than thofe of the common fort, ftand- 

 ing upon ftiort foot-ftalks. -This fort flowers in July, 

 ' but the feeds very rarely ripen in England, fo tliat the 

 ' plants are feldom fccn in any gardens here;' It is 

 " propagated by feeds, which fhould, be fown early in 

 the fpring upon a border of light earth, and when 

 the plants come up and are fit to remove, . fome of 

 them fliould be planted in pots filled with light fandy 

 earth, and placed in the ftiade till they have taken new 

 root; then they may be expofed with other hardy ex- 

 otic plants till the end of Odtober, when they ftiould 

 be put into a common hot-bed frame, where they may 

 be prote(5led from hard froft j but in mild weather 

 they ftiould enjoy the free air, for thefe plants only 

 require to be protected from hard froft, for in mild 



* winters they will live abroad without flielte;-, if they 

 are upon a dry foil j therefore a part of the plants 



* may be planted on a warm border of poor fandy foil, 



'.' where they will live through our common winters 



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